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by RockyMtnRidgeRunner
January 20th, 2012, 7:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Regions
Replies: 40
Views: 31416

Re: Regions

As with everything else, I'd like to see no change from DGP - use the same DGP regions. However, if that is impossible for legal or technical reasons, county boundaries seem like the next best thing to me. Lots of regions means lots of people get the chance to be a big frog in their local little pon...
by RockyMtnRidgeRunner
January 19th, 2012, 11:34 pm
Forum: Wish List
Topic: wishes
Replies: 50
Views: 240646

Re: wishes

Regarding counting points for archived caches: Again, just like the problem with not giving owners points for their hides, counting archived caches puts some cachers at a disadvantage. If an archived cache has enough points to be in the top ten for a region (or state, or overall), then people who ne...
by RockyMtnRidgeRunner
January 19th, 2012, 11:13 pm
Forum: Wish List
Topic: wishes
Replies: 50
Views: 240646

Re: wishes

Regarding separating hider and finder points: If for any reason you give one cacher a different number of points than another for the same cache, you break the game. For example, in the Sandia region, there are four cachers tied for first place on the backcountry leader board because they all have p...
by RockyMtnRidgeRunner
January 19th, 2012, 11:06 pm
Forum: Wish List
Topic: wishes
Replies: 50
Views: 240646

Re: wishes

Regarding caches that are haystack caches,unsolvable puzzles, moved caches( = muggled?), etc., the DGP has the right approach. On the DGP FAQ page it says: "What does the DGP do about caches that are unfindable due to lack of maintenance, or that have incorrect logs at geocaching.com? Nothing. ...
by RockyMtnRidgeRunner
January 19th, 2012, 10:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Point System ideas
Replies: 83
Views: 80565

Re: Point System ideas

I also favor the DGP point system.